Nature 發揮分裂種族主義的153 年曆史

Wow! Nature has played its part in creating this divisive legacy for 153-year history

Nature 發揮分裂種族主義的153 年曆史

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Volume 610 Issue 7932, 20 October 2022

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Racism

Racism casts a huge shadow on science. People of colour and from other historically marginalized groups have been excluded from the scientific enterprise, research has been used to underpin discriminatory thinking, and research outputs have ignored and further disadvantaged marginalized people. Nature has played its part in creating this divisive legacy. In this special issue – the first in the journal’s 153-year history to be overseen by guest editors — Melissa Nobles, Chad Womack, Ambroise Wonkam and Elizabeth Wathuti present articles that examine some of the ways racism has manifested in science, and the direct and detrimental effects this toxic ideology has had on individuals and their communities. By highlighting these issues, — show all

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Table of Contents

1. Racism in science
2. This Week
3. News in Focus
4. Opinion
5. Research
6. Amendments & Corrections

Racism in science

• Editorial

  • Ending racism is key to better science: a message from Nature’s guest editors

    This special issue is our ‘message in a bottle’ from the troubled ship of science. We urge readers to find it. Open it. Act on its contents.

    • Melissa Nobles
    • Chad Womack
    • Elizabeth Wathuti

    Editorial19 Oct 2022

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  • Nature thanks the guest editors of our racism in science special issue

    This special issue is part of Nature’s commitment to change. We thank our inspiring guest editors for helping us to make it happen.

    Editorial19 Oct 2022

• News Features

  • ‘It’s a constant hum’: a planetary geologist calls out racism in academia

    Martha Gilmore has faced not only accusations of theft and lying, but also quiet isolation and the pain of watching racism bear down on others.

    • Kendra Pierre-Louis

    News Feature19 Oct 2022

  • The first Indigenous female surgeon in Canada is battling for health justice

    Nadine Caron was appalled to hear racist views about Indigenous health from a project adviser. So she’s fighting to change perceptions.

    • McKenzie Prillaman

    News Feature19 Oct 2022

  • The geoscientist fighting for universities to confront systemic racism

    Christopher Jackson felt obligated to speak out against racism in UK institutions, but a lack of support left him disillusioned with academia.

    • Tosin Thompson

    News Feature19 Oct 2022

  • ‘There’s no space for us’: an Indigenous-health researcher battles racism in Australia

    Chelsea Watego saw a message in the cold, cramped office space she was given. She decided to fight back.

    • Smriti Mallapaty

    News Feature19 Oct 2022

  • ‘I was treated as if I was dirty’: a paediatrician decries racism against African scientists

    Nadia Sam-Agudu is tired of how international funders and collaborators infantilize her and her colleagues.

    • Abdullahi Tsanni

    News Feature19 Oct 2022

  • Computer science has a racism problem: these researchers want to fix it

    Black and Hispanic people face huge hurdles at technology companies and in computer-science education in the United States, with far-reaching consequences for science and all of society.

    • Melba Newsome

    News Feature19 Oct 2022

• Comment

  • Counter the weaponization of genetics research by extremists

    Geneticists must rethink how they conduct their research and how they communicate results.

    • Jedidiah Carlson
    • Brenna M. Henn
    • Sohini Ramachandran

    Comment19 Oct 2022

• News & Views

  • Skin colour affects the accuracy of medical oxygen sensors

    COVID-19 broadened the use of pulse oximeters for rapid blood-oxygen readings, but it also highlighted the fact that skin pigmentation alters measurements. Two groups of researchers analyse this issue, and its effects on people with dark skin.

    • Matthew D. Keller
    • Brandon Harrison-Smith
    • Mohammed Shahriar Arefin

    News & Views Forum19 Oct 2022

  • The unseen Black faces of AI algorithms

    An audit of commercial facial-analysis tools found that dark-skinned faces are misclassified at a much higher rate than are faces from any other group. Four years on, the study is shaping research, regulation and commercial practices.

    • Abeba Birhane

    News & Views19 Oct 2022

• Career Feature

  • Imperialism’s long shadow: the UK universities grappling with a colonial past

    Many research institutions in the United Kingdom gained prominence as the British Empire reached its zenith — bringing them a painful reckoning as they attempt to decolonize.

    • Philip Ball

    Career Feature19 Oct 2022

• Where I Work

  • A Jamaican medicinal-plant scientist explores his African roots

    Damian Cohall’s studies of traditional medicine have sprouted new ideas for diabetes treatment and cross-Atlantic collaboration.

    • Czerne Reid